Boyds’ Nest News

It was just me, the long-haul truckers, the drunks — and the other dads with sleepless babies — out on the highway last night at 2:30 am. Continue reading “Road warrior”

This passage of Scripture is freshly relevant to us, and we thank our friend and colleague Ann Beyerlein for including it in a baby card we received today. It’s from Isaiah 40: Continue reading ““Those who have young””

My latest theory is that Lucy is an easily over-stimulated baby. (Not surprising, considering how her parents react to over-stimulation?) I think every baby book I read discusses over-stimulation (which is helpful) and they recommend a pacifiers for an over-stimulated baby (also helpful) but “not until breast-feeding is well-established” (less helpful for the present moment). Continue reading “To pacify or not to pacify”

We have a winner in the fabulous “Lucy’s Umbilical Cord Stump Drop Off Contest”:/news/2006/umbilical-cord/! During a diaper change just now, the little nubbins of dried cartilage fell away — so with an astounding guess that was off by _only 1 hour and 45 minutes…_ Continue reading “We have a winner”

Lucy has succeeded in convincing us that she is the cutest baby ever. I always thought that people with newborns couldn’t get anything done because of time-consuming diaper changes and baby care and sleep deprivation. But the truth is, we just want to spend all of our time looking at her. Here are some of my favorite antics of hers: Continue reading “Irresistability”

It was much easier to make decisions about how to care for an infant when I was reading books with the baby still in my belly. Now I see that the decisions we make actually have *consequences*, and it is pretty easy to worry if we are doing the right thing. Continue reading “Second-guessing”

I wasn’t expecting to feel as good as I do just one week after giving birth. Of course, I’m still moving pretty slowly and feeling sore at times, but it is much better than I expected. Here are some things I’m already enjoying about my newly non-pregnant body: Continue reading “One week after delivery”

Since some readers may want not only the illustrative photos which accompany many of our posts but also a high-resolution picture or two suitable for printing, we now offer the “Choice Photos”:/news/choice-photos/ page. It currently has eight shots of Lucy, but will slowly change over time. You can always get to it from the “Info” box in the right column.

Yesterday we had our first trip outside the house with Lucy (as long as you don’t count standing on our front stoop for about 90 seconds with her last Friday morning). We succeeded! Here are some of Lucy’s experiences from the afternoon: Continue reading “First outing”

For the past couple days, I’ve had Bob Marley’s song “Small Axe” running through my head. The beat has a “one-two-three” riff that has been lodged deep in my brain, to a degree that’s a bit unusual. Continue reading “Small axe”